Newsweek Interviews U of G Prof

Prof. Nigel Raine appeared in a Mar. 1 Newsweek article about the European Union’s potential total ban of neonicotinoids, a commonly used pesticide.

A professor in U of G’s School of Environmental Sciences, Raine told Newsweek there’s evidence that neonicotinoid exposure can affect bees’ behaviour, learning, memory and ability to pollinate and reproduce.